Adrian Nock, 41, later became aggressive and difficult at a police station when he suddenly tried to headbutt a detention officer who was escorting him along a corridor
A man brutally punched a McDonald’s security guard and made vile racist remarks after being asked to stop vaping.
Adrian Nock, 41, from Cambridge Street, west Hull, later turned aggressive at a police station, attempting to headbutt a detention officer escorting him down a corridor, Hull Crown Court was told. Nock pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and one count of assaulting a police officer as an emergency worker on March 23.
He also admitted to violating a 17-month suspended prison sentence handed down in January for offences including assault causing actual bodily harm and breaching a non-molestation order. Prosecutor Billy Torbett revealed that police were called to the McDonald’s on Jameson Street, Hull, at 7.02pm following reports of a man being aggressive towards security staff and hurling racial and abusive comments.
Upon arrival, the police were handed Nock by the security staff. Nock, who was heavily intoxicated and possibly under the influence of substances, refused to provide his surname. CCTV footage showed Nock approaching the security staff, becoming immediately hostile and aggressive as if trying to instigate a fight. Despite the security staff not engaging with him, he got involved in another incident. Nock had been asked to stop vaping but responded with a racist remark and attempted to punch a security officer.
The two guards took Nock outside and called the police. Nock threw a metal bar at them, then went back inside and hit one of the officers again. He was removed for a second time. Nock continued to be aggressive while in police custody and tried to headbutt a detention officer who was escorting him down a corridor.
Nock had convictions for 27 previous offences, including six of assault, many of them recent. He also had a conviction in 2015 for being drunk and disorderly. Oliver Shipley, mitigating, said that Nock had suffered problems and these affected his behaviour. “Quite frankly, his head ‘went’,” said Mr Shipley. “He turned back to alcohol. He was on a suspended sentence and he was doing quite well. He was in the process of setting up a business for an industrial carpet and upholstery cleaning service that he wishes to provide. He has sought help for alcohol misuse.”
Nock found himself in a situation where he had not been able to “grapple with” his problems and stay away from alcohol. Recorder David Kelly said that Nock had “significant previous convictions” and he hit one of the security officers with such force that it caused him to “see stars” during the assaults on staff.
Recorder Kelly remarked on the defendant’s swift return to crime, stating: “They were committed within just two months of you being given a chance to rehabilitate yourself,” and added, “You didn’t take that chance. So soon after it was imposed, you committed these offences.” Nock, already detained on remand, received a 14-month prison sentence after part of his original suspended sentence was activated.